Courtesy Stephanie Zevon
Members of the Marion and Aaron Gural JCC Russian Division who visited the cherry blossom trees at Untermyer Gardens in Yonkers included, from left, Alexandra Kotik, Anna Okun, staff member Olga Mamay, Ernest Edelberg, Anna Shrifter, Vladimir Lagovier (front), Mila Razina, Mila Gendelman and Liliya Vornovitskaya.
By MELISSA BERMAN mberman@liherald.com
The Come Alive Russian Division — a program that caters to Russian-speaking older adults in the Five Towns, Far Rockaway and surrounding communities — was established 30 years ago, and is still going strong.
The program, created by the JCC of the Greater Five Towns, now the Marion & Aaron Gural JCC, has 45 members, most of them natives of the Soviet Union, who go on day trips and take part in other activities.
Stephanie Zevon, director of the JCC’s older adult engagement, said the program was started to fill a need in the community.
“People saw their parents were sitting home, they were isolated and not being stimulated emotionally, mentally and physically,” Zevon said. “So, as a grass-roots operation, the JCC said, let’s put a program together for them to get them out of the house.”
Members meet seven days a week, and receive free breakfast, lunch and transportation by bus, courtesy of the JCC. The program is free, and funded by the JCC.
“We focus on the music, arts and culture of the Russian population we serve,” Yulia Gross, the Russian Division’s director, said. “It allows them the opportunity to spend time with individuals with similar history, backgrounds and culture.”
By PARKER SCHUG pschug@liherald.com
Nassau County junior firefighters, including three from the Hewlett Fire Department, recently took off on an international trip that was nearly six years in the making.
Haylee Fischer, Hayley Goldstein and Audrey Sasso, members of the Hewlett Junior Fire Department, flew to Lower Saxony, Germany, with Hewlett Juniors adviser Erik Fischer — Haylee’s father — on what they described as the “trip of a lifetime.” Junior firefighters, ages 12 to 17, meet three times a month for firefighting training.
Jerry Presta, chairman of the Nassau County Junior Firefighters Association, organized the excursion for 30 juniors from Nassau County across the Atlantic to take part in a week of training and a cultural immersion in German firefighting, funded by the German government, which oversees all of the country’s fire departments.
The planning began in 2018, when firefighters from Lower Saxony contacted the Fire Association of the State of New York about connecting the teens who take part in German juniors programs with those in the United States. A year later,
13 kids from Germany came to New York for Camp Fahrenheit, a weeklong program for county juniors with all-day drills at the Nassau County Fire Service Academy in Old Bethpage.
In 2020 and 2022, Nassau juniors planned to travel to Germany to train, but because of the pandemic and, later, the war in Ukraine, the trip was delayed until this year.
“We said last year, ‘I don’t care if we have to walk there, we’re coming,’” Presta said.
Forty Nassau juniors applied to be a part of the 2024 excursion, and 30 were accepted.
On Aug. 16, the group boarded a flight at Kennedy Airport, and as soon as they landed in Lower Saxony, the young firefighters and 10 chaperones went directly to the training facility, dropping their bags in the school where they slept on cots for the week — provided by the German government.
From 9 a.m. until mid-afternoon each day, the Nassau juniors and 20 of their German peers ran through the country’s junior firefighting, first aid and safety training.
The Hewlett contingent, which took part in mixed
Ariel Weinstock, son of Cedarhurst Mayor Benjamin Weinstock, died on Aug. 17. He was 42.
Ariel was in a car accident on June 8, 2023 in upstate Cooperstown and suffered a traumatic brain injury. He received extensive rehab at Mount Sinai Hospital in Manhattan, New York, and was in the Rusk Institute Brain Injury Day Treatment Program since January 2024.
After more than a year of battling to stay alive, he never regained consciousness, his father said. The immediate cause of death is unknown.
University in 2004, where he graduated Cum Laude and received an associate’s from Isaac Breuer College of Hebraic Studies in 2004.
“Ariel was not all about being a lawyer, he was first and foremost a devoted and loving father, and a loving son,” said David Katsky, founding partner at Katsky Korins. “He was also endlessly considerate of everyone that he worked with. Character counts, and he had plenty.”
riel was not all about being a lawyer, he was first and foremost a devoted and loving father, and a loving son.
DAviD KAtsKy, founding Partner at KatsKy Korins
Ariel grew up in Cedarhurst, where his father had been serving on the village board since 1988. He lived in Port Washington with his wife Lauren, and children Owen, 10, and Sadie, 7.
He earned a bachelor’s degree in political science from Yeshiva
Weinstock was a partner at Katsky Korins LLP in the city, where he was a member of the firm’s real estate department. He joined the firm after graduation from Brooklyn Law School in 2007, and was named a partner in 2014.
“He was the only person ever hired by the firm straight out of law school,” said Benjamin Weinstock. “He was a summer intern
and made partner in the shortest time in the firm’s history.”
Ariel was a member of the House of Delegates (the governing body of the New York State Bar Association), one of the largest bar associations in the country.
“He was incredibly kind and generous with me when I worked at Katsky Korins, always answering questions, and making me feel included,” said Valerie Tocci, a law firm colleague.
He also served as director of the New York County Lawyers Association’s Board of Directors, among many other positions and accomplishments.
“I cannot tell you how much he will be dearly missed and never forgotten by all those whose lives he touched,” Katsky said.
In addition to his wife and children, Weinstock is survived by his parents Eileen and Benjamin Weinstock, siblings, Dani Weinstock, Dr. Etan Weinstock, Allon Weinstock, Dr. Liat Goldstein, and his grandparents Stanley and Phyllis Diamond.
A funeral was held at Boulevard-Riverside Chapels in Hewlett on Aug. 18.
Those we lost on Sept. 11, 2001
BY PARKER SCHUG pschug@liherald.com
Five Towners and surrounding community members will fill the lawn of Andrew J. Parise Cedarhurst Park to pay homage to those who lost their lives 23 years ago, in the tragic events on Sept. 11, 2001.
Nearly 3,000 people were killed by four hijacked airplanes, two of which crashed into the Twin Towers at the World Trade Center, one of which into the Pentagon and one rerouted and crashed in Shanksville, Pa. on that Tuesday.
Of those lives, were seven residents of the Five Towns and connected communities: Thomas Jurgens, Neil Levin, Bettina Browne-Radburn, Joseph Rivelli Jr., Kevin O’Rourke, Howard Selwyn and Ira Zaslow.
“Remembering the events of that day is vitally important,” Cedarhurst Mayor Benjamin Weinstock wrote in an email. “It is an opportunity to teach our children, many of whom are young adults today, that there are people who hate us for the freedoms we enjoy that should be cherished. We live in the greatest country in the world and that should not be taken for granted.”
Local fire departments, politicians, religious leaders, school organizations, village officials and residents have attended previous ceremonies.
“Each year, our community comes together at our unique memorial park, which features a poignant piece of steel from the Twin Towers and a pathway that narrates the events of that fateful day,” Ari Brown, Cedarhurst’s deputy mayor and the community’s assemblyman wrote in an email. “This culminates in a specially dedicated fountain, serving as a solemn tribute to those that we lost.”
Last year, the Lawrence High School Band started the event with a rendition of “America” by Michael Francis Smith, followed by Lawrence-Cedarhurst Fire Depart-
ment’s presentation of the colors and the Lawrence High Vocal Ensemble’s performance of the national anthem. Rabbi Moshe Monczyk of Shulamith School for Girls in Cedarhurst delivered the invocation.
United States Rep. Anthony D’Esposito, New York State Sen. Patricia Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick and Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman all attended as well. Blakeman’s nephew, Thomas Jurgens, was one of the lives lost in the Five Towns.
“I’m among family and friends and people I’ve known for years,” Blakeman said last year. “This was my community, it is my community.”
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Local fire departments, politicians, religious leaders, school organizations, village officials and residents are anticipated to attend the Sept. 11 memorial ceremony at Andrew J. Parise Park in Cedarhurst to remember those who lost their lives 23 years ago.
Village trustees acknowledged the granite markers in Cedarhurst Park, part of the 9/11 memorials, which stands year round.
The ceremony closed with a moment of silence, “Taps,” Lawrence High Vocal Ensemble’s rendition of “Wind Beneath My Wings” and “God Bless America,” and retiring of the colors by the Lawrence Cedarhurst Fire Department and Deacon Tom Costello of Our Lady of Good Counsel in Inwood.
The 2024 remembrance ceremony will be on Sept. 11 at 4 p.m. at Andrew J. Parise Cedarhurst Park, 235 Cedarhurst Ave., in Cedarhurst.
The program takes members swimming in the summer, as well as for walks, fishing, shopping, day trips to museums, concerts, visits to gardens and other social activities. It also helps introduce them to other Russian speakers.
Members love arts and culture, and they most recently went to see the cherry blossoms and orchids at Untermyer Gardens in Yonkers.
“They celebrate their birthdays, holidays, Jewish holidays, Russian holidays, together as a family,” Gross said.
All of the staff and volunteers speak Russian. “We are the only program in Nassau County that provides the Russian-speaking adult community with a program,” Zevon said.
The members have many opportunities to get together, which makes the group special, she added.
Students from Hewlett High School also volunteer with the adults as part of the JCC’s Generational Bridges program, which helps connect the older and younger generations. The students spend time with the seniors and learn more about them, cooking and exercising with them, teaching them about technology and accompany them on the trips.
Zachary Renzin, a Hewlett High senior, helped form Generational Bridg-
Russian Division members visited Untermyer Gardens in Yonkers for a day trip. From left were Klava Mezhberg, Genriyeta Shtilkind, staff member Ernest Edelberg (holding clipboard), Valeriy Kompaneets, Mariia Bahajevskaya, Bella Levin, Bella Modlinskaya, Ita Kloss, Anna Okun, Liliya Vornovitskaya, Anna Shrifter, Lyudmila Frenzel, Sonya Nidilevich and Iosif Levin.
es after being part of Butterfly Theater, a Russian-speaking theater group affiliated with the JCC, since age 6.
Edith Galperin, a theatre professional, ran the theater, and introduced Renzin to the Russian Division.
“Many of these people were away from their families, and seeing us brought them much joy,” Renzin said.
“We recruited many like-minded individuals to come in and volunteer for
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Recently, a client contacted us for advice on a family matter. She was the executor of an estate where the decedent had been in a second marriage and the two families were bickering over an old motorcycle, some personal effects and a relatively small amount of money. She wanted out as executor but her brothers wanted to fight. I asked her brothers whether they wanted peace of mind or to be right, since they couldn’t have both. They finally relented.
Too many people want the thing but are
unwilling to pay the price. You want out of the relationship or situation but the other side is asking too much? Pay the price and get on with your life, it’s worth it. It doesn’t have to be fair, it just has to get done. Emerson said “Do the thing and you will have the power.”
Many of the issues we see people grappling with involve fighting something or someone in a way that resembles Don Quixote tilting at the windmill. They are fighting all by themselves. We say “stop fighting”. Let it go.
We also meet a great many worriers. Worried about everything all the time. Perhaps it is no more than a bad habit. Why do we say that? Whenever we solved a client’s worry, they immediately started worrying about something else! Churchill recounted a dying friend telling him, “You know, Winston, I had a lot of troubles in my life. Most of which never happened.”
Finally, from the Canadian thinker, Brian Tracy, “Set peace of mind as your highest goal, and organize your life around it”.
hours with us. This helped us create our name of Generational Bridges.”
Renzin, who speaks fluent Russian, has helped draw more attention to the program and bring in more Russian student volunteers.
“I would definitely say that my favorite part of volunteering is seeing the smiles on all the faces,” he said. “Who could think that simply showing up and participating for an hour can make a
person’s day or even week?”
The members appreciate the volunteers, and often give them fruit and candy to thank them.
“This kind gesture definitely encourages our volunteers to keep on volunteering and putting smiles on people’s faces,” Renzin said.
Anyone interested in joining the Come Alive Russian Division can contact Gross at (516) 569-6733, ext. 214.
Hewlett Harbor village is considering creating a village justice court, again.
The village will hold a hearing at Village Hall, 449 Pepperidge Road in Hewlett Harbor, on Sept. 12 at 7 p.m. A Zoom link can be accessed through the village’s website, HewlettHarbor.net.
In 2014, the village considered the same idea under a previous administration. A lawyer from New York State Conference of Mayors and Municipal Officials was invited to a public meeting for
the village to learn more and former Trustee Tom Cohen presented six months of research to his colleagues on the concept.
At the time, the idea came out of dissatisfaction with results in Nassau County’s district courts.
In 2006, Hewlett Harbor tried creating a village court and the public referendum failed, residents rejecting the idea by a 4-1 margin.
— Parker Schug
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Courtesy Haylee Fischer
Members of Nassau County’s junior fire departments who traveled to Germany to meet junior firefighters there and learn about German firefighting included, from left, Audrey Sasso, Haylee Fischer, Molly Flockhart, Gabby Koch and Hayley Goldstein.
groups with the Germans, said that they heard new terminology, learned how to use German equipment and were exposed to unique approaches to fighting fires.
“As long as there’s nobody in the building, they won’t put their people at risk to go inside, so they’ll do an exterior attack, and they’ll put water through the windows,” Erik, who joined the juniors in the training, said.
Sasso’s favorite part of the trip was a maze in which where she and others had to climb through small spaces with their bulky gear.
“I went with a group of kids I didn’t really know too well,” Sasso said. “So it was a big thing. I really had to trust them here, and I’m somebody who’s claustrophobic, so mazes aren’t my favorite thing, but I’m in Germany. When am I ever going to do a maze in Germany again?”
The language barrier was an occasional obstacle, but the Hewlett trio said they used Google Translate to help them communicate.
“We had to try to communicate during lessons where we didn’t have our phone, so we ended up just kind of pointing at things, making hand signs,” Goldstein said.
When they weren’t training, the visitors tried traditional German food, went kayaking and did some sightseeing. One day was even dedicated to visiting the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp.
“It really showed how hearing about it and seeing it are two totally different things,” Sasso said.
One of the best parts of the trip was the lasting friendships they formed, the Hewlett juniors said. “It was really hard leaving,” Haylee Fischer said. “A lot of us cried, because in firefighting there’s a different type of bond. It’s a very tight-knit family. It’s because we have to trust each other.”
Presta said that plans are already in place to continue the cross-Atlantic collaboration between departments.
For more information on the Nassau County Junior Firefighters Association, visit NCJFA.org.
By ANDREW COEN sports@liherald.com
Hofstra men’s soccer reached big heights in 2023, advancing to the NCAA Tournament’s third round stage for the second time in three years, but longtime head coach Richard Nuttall felt plenty was left on the table during the historic run.
The Pride led third-seeded North Carolina by a goal late in the second half before surrendering the equalizer with under five minutes remaining and eventually losing in penalty kicks following two scoreless overtimes. The heartbreaking loss was a big missed opportunity for Hofstra, who with a win would have hosted 11th-seeded Oregon State in the Elite Eight with a chance to punch a ticket to the prestigious College Cup.
“We are proud of what we accomplished, but we felt it was a lost opportunity,” said 35th-year head coach Richard Nuttall. “The reality is though we are punching way above our weight for what we are and I think we are the best midmajor in the country that is not a state school.”
Nuttall lost many key pieces from last year’s 14-3-5 team, but returns 12 players including All-America defender Pierce Infuso, a Merrick native who has returned for a fifth season as a graduate student. The Bellmore-JFK product was a third-team All-America honoree last season and an All-Coastal Athletic Association (CAA) First-Team selection.
“He is rock steady and does what he has to do,” Nuttall said of Infuso. “He is getting a lot of looks from MLS clubs and I believe that he has the ability to play at that level when he leaves here.”
Graduate student midfielder Roc Charles gived Hofstra an additional fiveyear veteran with Infuso returning for an extra year of eligibility. The Spain native is a co-captain with Infuso and scored a goal in Hofstra’s 4-1 win at American on Aug. 25.
Hofstra’s offense will be looking for new producers this season following the loss of leading leading scorers Ryan Carmichael and Eliot Goldthorp, who were both selected in the Major League Soccer
Super Draft. Also scoring in the American win with Charles were Pablo Hempelmann-Perez, Jacob Woznicki and Gabriel Pacheco with Laurie Goddard tallying an assist.
Woznicki, a graduate student who previously played at Stonehill College, then tallied two goals in Hofstra’s 2-0 win against Providence on Aug. 29.
Senior forward Teddy Baker, an England native, is expected to rejoin the team soon from injury after registering 11 points last season.
The backline led by Infuso, Pacheco, Eoin Farrell and Jack O’Malley posted a clean sheet in a season-opening 0-0 tie with Fordham on Aug. 22. Senior goalie Filippo Dadone, who replaced two time All-CAA keeper Wessel Speel in net, made five saves for his first career shutout.
Hofstra, which began the season ranked 17th nationally, was picked first in the CAA preseason coaches poll and is aiming for its fourth straight conference title, which would earn another automatic bid into the 48-team NCAA Tournament.
The Hofstra women’s soccer team’s bid for its own three-peat last year and sixth CAA title in seven seasons fell short with
a heartbreaking overtime loss to Monmouth in the conference semifinals last November.
The Pride returned plenty of talent from last season’s 12-5-1 season and are fueled to write a better ending this fall. Hofstra was picked to finish second in the CAA behind Monmouth
“As much as it hurt, I think it was a valuable learning moment,” said 19thyear head coach Simon Riddiough of last year’s CAA semifinal defeat. “People sometimes underestimate the difficulty of winning championships.”
Hofstra lost last year’s leading scorer Wiktoria Fronc and will likely be relying on a scoring by committee this season rather than one dominant player, according to Riddiough. Potential offensive weapons who have emerged early this season include Millie Davies, Mathilde Braithwaite, Aimee Hodgson, Thorhildur Thorhallsdottir and Ellie Gough.
The bulk of last season’s defense is back in Olivia Pearse, Louise Hayden and
All-America defender Pierce Infuso, a Merrick native and graduate student, is one of a dozen returning players for the Pride.
Gabriella Marte. Pearse, a former standout at Seaford High School, proved to be a reliable leader of the backline with her tenacious play early in the season before a foot injury sidelined her in late August with timetable for a return to the field uncertain.
“I love her intensity and tenacity and her physicality,” Riddiough said. “I’m proud of the way she’s developed as a person as well and she’s becoming a really wonderful all round student athlete.”
The starting goalie spot was up for grabs entering the season following the departure of Skylar Kuzmich, who started in net for five seasons. Freshman Synne Danielsen of Norway and senior Mackenzie Sullivan of Arizona have both seen time in net so far.
Hofstra enters September unbeaten at 1-0-3 with a 2-1 win against Yale and ties against Ivy League contenders Brown and Columbia on its resume. The Pride kicks off the CAA schedule on Sept. 19 at home against College of Charleston at 7 p.m.
By JORDAN VALLONE jvallone@liherald.com
Laura Gillen, the Democratic candidate in New York’s 4th Congressional District, announced an action plan to combat antisemitism outside a house in East Meadow last week. The district includes multiple communities with substantial Jewish populations.
Gillen was joined by residents, elected officials and Jewish leaders, including Rabbi Michael Stanger of the Old Westbury Hebrew Congregation.
Gillen’s action plan targets three areas of concern: Schools, synagogues and social media.
If elected, Gillen said she would work to leverage federal aid to colleges to force changes in codes of conduct, and increase funding to the U.S. Education Department’s Office of Civil Rights. For synagogues, she would fight to fully fund the FBI and the Department of Justice to help local police coordinate responses to threats to houses of worship. She added that she wants to enact content moderation requirements for social media platforms like X to remove hateful content.
East Meadow neighbors who joined Gillen at an Aug. 28 news conference said antisemitism is a problem in schools. Alisa Baroukh’s daughter attends Cornell University. Over the last school year — especially following Hamas’s Oct. 7 attack against Israel — her daughter was subjected to antisemitic incidents, she said.
“My daughter’s freshman year was marred by widespread antisemitic intimidation, which was hard considering we chose Cornell for the warm and inclusive environment that we saw during our tours,” Baroukh said. “This macro-level intimidation included online death threats toward Jewish students that resulted in the FBI swarming campus.”
According to Gillen, Republicans in the House of
Representatives have “moved to undermine key resources” that are needed to fight antisemitism.
“Congress has failed to address the surge in antisemitism in our schools, our synagogues and on social media,” she said. “Not one additional dollar has been spent or one law has been passed to combat this surge.”
Gillen said there had been “an unprecedented rise” in antisemitism nationwide, and that Congress has failed to pass policies that actually protect those of the
Jewish faith.
The Anti-Defamation League, which fights antisemitism, said that the number of antisemitic incidents in New York jumped 110 percent in 2023, according to an April 2024 report.
“I find it unacceptable how little we are doing to actually protect our Jewish residents from this hatred, and that is why I’m here alongside Jewish parents, leaders and other community members to say enough is enough,” she said. “It’s time for action.”
Gillen is challenging incumbent Rep. Anthony D’Esposito, a Republican who defeated her in the 2022 election. D’Esposito has denounced antisemitism, and according to his congressional website, introduced a resolution last November condemning the slogan “from the river to the sea.” The slogan refers to the liberation of land claimed by Palestinians between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea, which is located in the modern state of Israel.
A spokesperson for D’Esposito told the Herald that the congressman has been to Israel several times, where he’s met Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu; is a board member of the U.S Holocaust Museum; and has been instrumental in passing several Israeli aid bills.
D’Esposito also introduced a Define to Defeat Act in April, which clarifies legislation, providing federal officers with an objective, contemporary definition of antisemitism, better helping them to assess and prosecute criminal and discriminatory incidents, motivated by antisemitism.
The act was introduced after D’Esposito said the U.S. and New York were continuing to endure “recordbreaking” levels of antisemitic attacks and hate. The legislation would “provide federal officials the tools they need to fully assess, investigate and prosecute this criminal behavior,” he said.
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One Israel Fund has built a strong community and it showed at its 15th annual Summer Barbecue and Fine Israeli Wine Tasting on Aug. 21.
Over 250 people attended the event, which raises money for Judea and Samaria in the Jewish state, as part of One Israel Funds’ mission to provide community, educational, medical, recreational and security services to these communities.
The organization hosts four barbecues each year in Englewood, New Jersey, Great Neck, the Five Towns and West Hempstead.
“These events, are opportunities for people within a specific community to come out in support of Israel,” Scott Feltman, executive vice president of One Israel Fund said.
Hosted by Avi and Ester Bohorodzander at their home
in Lawrence, the barbecue featured music from a DJ and Yoni Z, a singer from the Jewish Community, a mixologist, and food from Graze Smoke House in Cedarhurst.
“The nicest part about it was that the majority of the people that came were younger, which for all of us, is a source of strength and really made everybody that was there, especially our regulars who come year in, year out,” Feltman said.
Marc Provisor of Shilo, Israel, the former security projects director for One Israel Fund, made a speech about the status of security in Israel and Tamar Rund of Tekoa, Israel, an artist and part of a civil defense team spoke about her experience helping her community.
For more information on the organization visit OneIsraelFund.org.
— Parker Schug
Ogden Elementary School is looking to lighten the load for students on the first day of school.
Parents of Ogden students were invited to drop their children’s school supplies off on Aug. 29, as part of the annual drop off day.
“It’s very nice tradition that they give the parents an option to come in and drop their supplies off,” Nicola Lynch, the new Ogden Elementary School principal, said. “And it also gets the kids that maybe haven’t been here or are having a little bit of summer anxiety, in here.”
Lynch succeeds Dina Anzalone, who is now a Hewlett-Woodmere school district assistant superintendent for teaching, learning and technology.
Teacher’s aides, Antoinette Lukas, Belina Walker, Julianna Genise, Lisa Pace, Maria Sanchez and Olivia Seelall lined the parking loop in front of Ogden, at 875 Longview Ave. in Valley Stream, where they accepted and sorted supplies from parents based on class and grade.
School started Tuesday for HewlettWoodmere students.
— Parker Schug
off supplies for their children before the first day of school, on Aug. 29.
By MELISSA BERMAN mberman@liherald.com
Freshman orientation is not just for the incoming ninth-graders, but for parents too.
Lawrence High School held a freshman orientation for all incoming freshmen parents, in the Little Theatre on Aug. 28.
Principal Jennifer Lagnado-Papp led the workshop long with Assistant Principals — Andrew Schiavo (ninth grade), Ryan Armstrong, (10th grade), Kathleen Stanley (11th), and William Moss (12th).
“This is a fantastic place to be, we have wonderful students and it’s a pleasure always getting new ninth graders every year,” Lagnado-Papp said. “We are so fortunate to have so many resources available to us.”
She promoted the importance of academic excellence, and how the staff is always creating a plan for the students’ post-high school life. For the college bound, the aim is to get them to their dream school.
“The idea is to start the students ‘goal setting’ and coming up with a plan, with what they want to do for their future,” Lagnado-Papp said.
The students will be constantly thinking about what they want to study, where they want to attend school, and what interests them starting from freshman year.
The course offerings and qualifica -
tions needed to graduate were addressed frequently, as well as how to build a good transcript for college, and what colleges look for in applicants.
“Colleges like to see students not only that have good grades and take rigorous courses of study, but they also want to work up to leadership positions here at Lawrence High School,” Lagnado-Papp said.
She noted that the high school went digital with schedules, and how the parents and students can access the infor-
mation via the portal on the school’s website. The students can also check their grades and attendance online.
“We want to teach them in high school to start monitoring their own grades and attendance because when they go onto college, that’s what they’re going to have to do,” Lagnado-Papp said.
Important dates for the fall — freshman assembly, back to school night, interim reports, and parent-teacher conferences — were highlighted.
Schiavo explained how drop-off and
pick up will work, and where the busses meet everyday.
Parents need to pick up an early pickup form before coming to school to pick up their child, if they are taking them out of school early. The form can be found on the school’s website.
“Attendance is very important here at Lawrence High School, your child is considered to be on-time when they are in their seat ready to learn when the bell rings,” Schiavo said. “Your child will be marked late if they arrive to class up to 15 minutes, if they come into class after 15 minutes they are considered absent for the day.”
He said that students, who are late more than three times per semester, will be given an Alternative Restorative Center and will have to speak with a guidance counselor or assistant principal.
Schiavo stressed that even by missing one day every two weeks, a student will miss two full weeks in a semester and a month overall.
“Did you know that a student who misses 10 days or more in a school year is less likely to graduate from high school?,” Schiavo said.
He asked for all parents to submit current contact info to be updated with how the student is doing and to report absences/lateness.
“Here at Lawrence High School, we do have a very rigorous program, and the parents care about their young people’s education,” Moss said.
By DANIEL OFFNER doffner@liherald.com
The Mitchel Field commissary in Garden City has been closed since early July with structural damage, leaving some 80,000 veterans on Long Island with no choice but to travel to Fort Hamilton, in Brooklyn, to avail themselves of commissary services.
Commissaries provide veterans, active-duty and retired military personnel — many of whom live on fixed incomes — with a way to shop for groceries at a discount, with savings of up to 30 percent off compared with conventional supermarkets.
Kerry Englander, commander of the Nassau County American Legion, emphasized the challenges created by the sudden closure and the importance of the services the commissary provided.
“The veterans and current military need this facility, especially with the economy the way it is today,” Englander said. “I believe that if the military and veterans are utilizing this facility, it should be opened up.”
Frank Colón Jr., commander of American Legion Post 303 in Rockville Centre, said that by closing the commissary, the Department of Defense has created a major inconvenience for Long Island veterans, many of whom cannot travel to Fort Hamilton.
“It’s a hardship on the veterans. Especially in these times,” Colón told the Herald. “It shouldn’t be like that. You’ve got veterans from Suffolk and Nassau County that go here. You think a guy from Suffolk County is going all the way to Fort Hamilton? It’s a hike.”
John Meyer, of American Legion Post 246 in Baldwin, said he has been using the Mitchel Field commissary for the past 20 years because the “prices are right.”
“It’s one of the few benefits that we get,” Meyer said.
who are retired and did their time, and come here to get a third off of what they pay outside.”
He explained how at one point, it was restricted to only disabled or recently retired military servicemen and women. However, this has changed in recent years, opening up access to provide services to more veterans on Long Island.
“This is a godsend,” Meyer said. “For most people, this is the ideal place because it’s close to mid-Island. And with this closed, everybody’s got to go to Fort Ham-
ilton. That’s another 27 miles down the road. I used to work in Coney Island for transit. I’m not going down there for nothing.”
Ralph Esposito, director of the Nassau County Veterans Service Agency, noted the impact of the commissary’s sudden closure. “It’s a good place to go,” he said. “It saves vets lots of money. Right now, it’s hurting the veterans.” He also mentioned the increasing demand at the Veterans Food Pantry, known as Vet Mart, which has been in operation near Nassau University Medical Center since 2015.
“Because it’s closed, our numbers are getting bigger,” Esposito said. “I give away food for free, so now they’re all coming to me.”
The Vet Mart feeds about 600 people a month, including veterans and their families. The pantry also relies on volunteers, who deliver food to those unable to get to the offices in East Meadow.
In response to speculation that the facility could remain closed until early 2025, U.S. Rep. Anthony D’Esposito, County Executive Bruce Blakeman, and representatives of Congressman Andrew Garbarino, Nick LaLota and Tom Suozzi rallied alongside local veterans outside the Garden City facility last week to demand that the Defense Department do everything in its power to expedite the repair and provide a clear-cut timeline for when they expect it to reopen.
“I am demanding that we have the Department of Defense answer our questions immediately,” D’Esposito said. “Leaving our local veteran community in the dark over the future of this commissary is wrong, and we will not stand for it.”
Blakeman added that food insecurity has been a priority of his administration. “Nassau County will work with Long Island Cares and Island Harvest to make sure that we can get food for our veterans,” he said.
By Karen Bloom
Do you enjoy spending time outside to take full advantage of the season? While we transition into fall, there’s no reason to give up on summer’s blossoms just yet. Colors abound and late summer delghts linger on — for a while longer.
With your favorite book, a nice container or cup of your favorite (iced) beverage and a gorgeous bunch of flowers on your patio table, you can brighten up your days on your deck, patio or balcony — or even inside — and enjoy it all with a capital E.
Color explosion
Floral décor that lasts
Many (bulb) flowers are still available in all sorts of unbelievable colors and shapes. Of course you could always buy a beautiful ready-made bouquet. But why do that? Create a spectacular summer bouquet yourself with loose flowers, leaves, and branches Display it on your tables — indoors and out — and enjoy the beautiful colors of typical summer bloomers like dahlias, gladioli and lilies.
Be creative with your planters to reflect your style and personality. Start out by choosing a sturdy vase or pot that is suitable for outdoor use. Or go for smaller vases scattered around the table to set a playful atmosphere.
Cut off the bottom of the flower stems diagonally, to help the flowers absorb water better and stay fresh longer. You’ll want to place your vase with flowers in the shade for best results. Regularly water your flowers to keep them fresh. Of course, on warmer days — and we’ll still have some of those remaining — you may need to do this every day. Also, if necessary, use rocks or sand to stabilize the vase and prevent it from toppling in windy weather. Complete the look of your patio table with a few cozy candles, lanterns or other seasonal items.
Thanks to their long flowering period, you can enjoy your florals for weeks or even months. Summer-flowering bulbs often attract pollinating insects as well, and thus contribute to biodiversity in your garden. Remove wilted flowers to extend the flowering period. Some summer bulbs, such as gladioli and dahlias, can be dug up after flowering and stored frost-free. You can then plant them again the following spring.
Certainly, there are so many choices. As you start to think about ideas for next year, that will add to your floral assortment, think beyond the summer bulbs gladioli, dahlias, lilies, and begonias. You might want to check out other unusual bulbous plants such as calla (Zantedeschia), pineapple lilies (Eucomis), freesias (Freesia) or blazing star (Liatris)
If you’ve planted lilies, you’ve got something special to delight your family and friends. If not,
consider doing so. The majestic blooms of lilies create an elegant look, whether on the balcony, terrace, or indoors. The variety of colors, from pure white and creamy yellow to deep red and purple, make them a great match for any style and taste. With their compact growth habit, potted lilies are perfect for use outdoors and indoors.
A bouquet of lilies always looks fabulous. With their rich range of colors, shapes, and fragrances, you’ll have plenty of choices every time, whether for yourself or to give as a gift.
And they move with the seasons. Lilies combine beautifully with seasonal flowers. Try lilies in combination with typical spring bloomers in spring, and with dahlias and gladioli in (late) summer. In fall and winter, for example, a bouquet of lilies with some added branches looks great (and will last a long time). In other words: you can vary endlessly with lilies.
Flowers instantly bring color into your home, but also do so much more. They make people happy. And you will notice this straight away.
The simple act of putting them in the vase will trigger a dose of happy hormones. In fact, flower arranging has been shown to reduce stress. Taking a good look at every single one of the flowers before arranging them in a vase (and don’t forget to smell them!) will get you feeling all Zen.
Keep summer’s colors going as we transition into fall and enjoy the season’s last moments around your home.
Laughs abound on the Landmark stage,The show, based on the playwright’s 10-year whirlwind romance with comedy legend Jackie Mason, featuring a hilarious cast of characters. It begins at a deli in Miami Beach in 1977, where Mason — then a 46-year-old comedian — spots college girl Ginger (played by Jackie and the playwright’s real life daughter Sheba Mason in the Off-Broadway production). Along for the ride is her overbearing mom, Mrs. Olivier, and five more off-beat characters. Soon Jackie is wooing Ginger each winter whenever he’s in South Florida churning up laughs with the South Beach set. The trouble is, he’s also wooing a ravishing young Latina server, and also someone else. Come along and join in on Mason’s romantic misadventures as Broadway stardom emerges and Sheba is born.
Friday, Sept. 7, 8 p.m., and Saturday, Sept. 8, 3 p.m. Landmark on Main Street, 232 Main St., Port Washington. Visit LandmarkOnMainStreet.org for tickets and information, or call (516) 767-6444.
Imagine The Beatles playing in concert with a symphony orchestra. What would that have sounded like? Find out for yourself when Classical Mystery Tour performs, joined by the Massapequa Philharmonic. The four musicians who comprise the CMT band look and sound just like The Beatles, but Classical Mystery Tour is more than just a rock concert. The full show presents some two dozen Beatles tunes sung, played, and performed exactly as they were written. Hear “Penny Lane” with a live trumpet section; experience the beauty of “Yesterday” with an acoustic guitar and string quartet; enjoy the rock/ classical blend on the hard edged “I Am the Walrus.” From early Beatles music on through the solo years, Classical Mystery Tour is the best of The Beatles like you’ve never heard them: totally live.
Saturday, Sept. 21, 8 p.m. Tickets start at $35. Tilles Center for the Performing Arts, LIU Post campus, 720 Northern Boulevard, Brookville. Tickets available at TillesCenter.org or (516) 299-3100.
Queenmania keeps on
rockin’ as Killer Queen returns to the Paramount stage, Thursday, Sept. 19, at 8 p.m., with their homage to the beloved band.
Formed in the UK in 1993, Killer Queen played their first public shows at London University, following in the footsteps of the real Queen who had their first shows there 22 years earlier. By 1995 Killer Queen’s UK popularity had grown to such an extent they secured a residency in London’s Strand Theatre attracting nationwide BBC coverage — the first tribute to have a show in the West End. Even though the band never had any connection to Queen officially their reputation continued to grow both in the UK and abroad.
In 1999 they returned from a tour of Europe and Russia for an awards ceremony hosted by Suggs from Madness. He announced they had won the award for “Worldwide Best Tribute Band” Fronted by Patrick Myers as Freddie Mercury, critics have described Myers’ resemblance to Freddie Mercury as “spooky;” his uncanny likeness was further proven when he recorded a #1 hit single singing as Freddie Mercury on Fat Boy Slim’s record “The Real Life.” Their expert musicianship, extraordinary energy, and accurate portrayal of the world’s greatest live band has rightfully earned them the title of Queen Royalty! Thrilling sell-out audiences across the globe the band recreates the high energy, powerful phenomenon that was Queen live. This quality, combined with Myers’ powerful threeand-a-half octave tenor range, expert musicianship and dynamic stage presence, has captivated audiences the world over. $54.50, $44.50, $39.50, $29.50. The Paramount, 370 New York Ave., Huntington. Tickets available at Ticketmaster.com or ParamountNY.com.
Family & Children’s Association, one of Long Island’s largest nonprofit health and human services organizations, with funding made possible through the US Department of Health and Human Services Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, will host a free senior H.O.P.E Fair on Tuesday, Sept. 10 from 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. at the Samanea N.Y. mall in Westbury, center court, second floor.
H.O.P.E., which stands for Happiness, Opportunity, Positive, Energy, is geared towards older adults and their families. Attendees can receive information from over 50 vendors on agerelated mental health and substance abuse services.
“It’s no secret that Long Island’s population is aging,” FCA President and CEO Dr. Jeffrey L. Reynolds said. “Every year, our senior division helps more than 10,000 seniors improve their quality of life. The H.O.P.E Fair will allow us to share these resources, and so many others, with the greater Long Island community.”
Lisa Stern, FCA’s Assistant Vice President for Senior & Adult Services, added, “We’re thrilled to bring the H.O.P.E Fair to Long Island’s senior population and their families. We couldn’t do this without our valued community partners and are happy to have vendors from diverse backgrounds participating and offering a multitude of help and services to the senior community.
The fair will also feature technology training for seniors in a friendly, relaxed environment, and four educational workshops will be held throughout the day on topics ranging from Medicare to scam prevention, mental health and substance use awareness, as well as caregiver support.
Additionally, any senior who registers prior to the event will receive a free boxed lunch and raffle ticket. Samanea N.Y. is located at 1500 Old Country Rd. in Westbury. Additional details on FCA’s Senior H.O.P.E Fair, including how to register, vendors and workshops, can be found on www.fcali.org or by contacting Kim L. Como at (347) 573-1044
Converse, collaborate and create at Family Saturdays at Nassau County Museum of Art. The drop-in program returns for a new season, Saturday, Sept. 21, 9, noon-3 p.m. Get inspired by the art and objects in the galleries and then join educators at the Manes Center to explore and discover different materials to create your own original artwork.
Kids and their adult partners connect while talking about and making art together. A new project is featured every week. $20 adult, $10 child. Registration required. Nassau County Museum of Art, 1 Museum Dr., Roslyn Harbor. Visit NassauMuseum. org for more information and to register or call (516) 484-9337.
The Village of Cedarhurst holds the annual 9/11 Memorial Ceremony, Wednesday, Sept. 11, 4-5 p.m., at Andrew J. Parise Park. We remember the horrific events and pay tribute to the first responders and their families. The village remembers those from the community, Kevin O’Rourke, Neil D. Levin, Thomas E. Jurgens, Joseph Rivelli, Jr., Ira Zaslow, Bettina Browne Radburn and Howard Selwyn. 235 Cedarhurst Ave.
Plaza
Theatricals continues its tribute series, Sunday, Sept. 15, 2:30 p.m., with “Mirror of Mathis.” Vocalist-impressionist David Robbins thrills audiences with his 90-minute tribute to Johnny Mathis. His uncanny likeness and vocals that sound just like Mathis will leave you spellbound. Singing along with Johnny Mathis since he was a youngster, by age 12 he was imitating Mathis and has been doing it ever since, delighting all. He performs at the Elmont Library Theatre, 700 Hempstead Tpke., Elmont. $40, $35 seniors. Elmont. For tickets, call (516) 599-6870 or visit PlazaTheatrical.com.
Sunny Atlantic Beach Club holds its Annual 5K Run & Family Walk, Sunday, Sept. 29, 8:30 a.m. Registration begins at 7:45 a.m. and post-race refreshments will be served. Awards will be given out and free finish line photos will be taken. Register online at CommunityChestSS.org, for more information call (516) 374-5800. Sunny Atlantic Beach Club, 2035 Ocean Boulevard, Atlantic Beach.
Brush up on your driving skills with a Defensive Driving Course, Monday, Sept. 16, at 7 p.m., at Marion & Aaron Gural JCC. The course, conducted by Morris Wargo, is approved by the NYS-DMV and recognized by all state auto insurers. Recieve 10% discount off your liability, PIP and collision insurance on all your vehicles for up to threeyears, upon completion. $70 course fee; pre-registration is required. To register, email rachayle. deutsch@guraljcc.org., 207 Grove Ave., Cedarhurst.
Bagel Boss of Hewlett its concert series, Saturday, Sept. 7, 9 p.m.-12 a.m Vinyl Cut performs ‘60s and ‘70s tunes. 1352 Peninsula Blvd, Hewlett. For more information call
Sands Point Preserve is the backdrop to explore the elegant Gold Coast home that’s the centerpiece of the estate, Wednesday, Sept. 11, noon-1 p.m.; also Sept. 25. Visit the grand rooms inside the massive 50,000-square-foot Tudorstyle mansion, the former summer residence of Gilded Age financier Howard Gould and later Daniel and Florence Guggenheim. Tours are limited in size and tend to sell out. Arrive early to purchase tickets. $10. Sands Point Preserve, 127 Middle Neck
Bring the kids to Old Westbury Gardens for another storybook adventure, Saturday, Sept. 7, 10:30-11:30 a.m. Stroll the gardens and listen to Jen Arena’s “Acorn Was A Little Wild!” Later create a unique take home craft. The stroll starts at the Beech Tree (next to Westbury House), ending at the Thatched Cottage. For ages 3-5. Old Westbury Gardens, 71 Old Westbury Rd., Old Westbury. For information visit OldWestburyGardens.org or contact (516) 333-0048.
Play canasta, mah jongg or Scrabble during in-person game time, on Monday, Sept. 2-4:30 p.m., in the Bentley Room of Peninsula Public Library. 280 Central Ave., Lawrence. Seating limited. First come, first seated.
Nassau County Museum of Art ‘s latest exhibition
“Seeing Red: Renoir to Warhol,” reveals the many meanings, connotations, and associations of this powerful color in art. Evoking strong emotion, red can represent the human condition. Its myriad variations have come to signify authority as well as love, energy and beauty. Red warns us of peril and commands us to stop, but it can also indicate purity and good fortune. Red boldly represents political movements and religious identities. From the advent of our appreciation for this color in antiquity to its continued prominence in artistic and popular culture, this exhibition will span various world cultures through a range of media.
It features more than 70 artists, both established and emerging, ranging from the classical to the contemporary. American portraitists such as Gilbert Stuart imbued red in their stately paintings of prominent individuals to conjure authority. Robert Motherwell, Ad Reinhardt, and other major abstract painters displayed a deep fascination with red in their commanding compositions that evoke a sense of chromatic power. And, of course, Andy Warhol is known for his bold and imposing silkscreened portrait of Vladimir Lenin saturated in bright red to his signature Campbell’s Soup Cans. On view through Jan. 5. Nassau County Museum of Art, 1 Museum Dr., Roslyn Harbor. (516) 484-9337 or NassauMuseum.org.
In support of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, the Art League of Long Island presents “Retrospect - The Individual Art of Collaboration in Reconstructive Surgery.” The exhibit delves into the interplay between personal artistry and collaborative efforts in the context of breast reconstruction, showcasing how the healing process can transcend medicine to become an inspiring narrative of restoration and personal resilience. This unique exhibition explores the intersection of medicine and art through the lens of two accomplished breast reconstruction surgeons, Dr. Ron Israeli and Dr. Jonathan Bank, whose careers and artistic endeavors are deeply intertwined.
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The works on display show the multifaceted nature of artistic expression in medicine and surgery. Their work emphasizes the importance of collaborative creativity in the healing process, offering viewers a unique perspective on the emotional and physical aspects of breast reconstruction. On view Sept. 28 through Oct. 18. Jeanie Tengelsen Gallery at Art League of Long Island, 107 East Deer Park Road, Dix Hills. Visit artleagueli.org for more information.
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Invitation to Bidders BOARD OF TRUSTEES
PENINSULA PUBLIC LIBRARY
PUBLIC NOTICE: is hereby given for separate sealed bids for: HVAC Chiller Replacement at Peninsula Public Library.
Bids will be received by the Library, on October 8, 2024 at 10:00 a.m. in the Bentley Meeting Room at the Peninsula Public Library, 280 Central Avenue, Lawrence, Ny 11559, and at said time and place publicly opened and read aloud. The Contract Documents may be examined at the Office of the Architect, BBS Architects, Landscape Architects and Engineers, P.C., 244 East Main Street, Patchogue New York, (631-475-0349); however the Contract Documents may only be obtained thru the Office of REV Plans, 28 Church StreetSuite 7, Warwick, New York 10990 (845-651-3845) beginning on September 9, 2024. Complete digital sets of Contract Documents shall be obtained online (with a free user account) as a download for a nonrefundable fee of OneHundred ($100.00) Dollars at the following website: bbs.biddyhq.com.
Optionally, in lieu of digital copies, hard copies may be obtained directly from REV upon a deposit of One-Hundred ($100.00) Dollars for each complete set. Checks for deposits shall be made payable to the LIBRARY, PENINSULA PUBLIC LIBRARY and may be uncertified. All bid addenda will be transmitted to registered plan holders via email and will be available at the above referenced websites. Any bidder requiring documents to be shipped shall make arrangements with the printer and pay for all packaging and shipping costs. Plan holders who have obtained hard copies of the bid documents will need to make the determination if hard copies of the addenda are required for their use, and coordinate directly with the printer for hard copies of addenda to be issued. There will be no charge for registered plan holders to obtain hard copies of the bid addenda. The bid deposit for hard copies will be returned upon receipt of plans and specifications, in good condition, within thirty days after bid date, except for the lowest responsible bidder, whose check will be forfeited upon the award of the contract. The Contract will be awarded to the lowest responsible bidder or the proposals will be rejected within 45 days of the date of opening
proposals. Bids shall be subject, however, to the discretionary right reserved by the Library to waive any informalities, accept or reject any alternatives, reject any proposals and to advertise for new proposals, if in its opinion the best interest of the Library will thereby be promoted.
Each bidder may not withdraw his bid within 45 days after the formal opening thereof. A bidder may withdraw his bid only in writing and prior to the bid opening date.
By Order of:
The Board of Trustees
Peninsula Public Library
Dated: August 16, 2024
148698
LEGAL NOTICE
INCORPORATED VILLAGE OF HEWLETT HARBOR
NOTICE OF MONTHLY MEETING OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Board of Trustees of the Village of Hewlett Harbor will meet in both public and via Zoom on Thursday, September 12, 2024, at 7:00PM, Eastern Standard Time, for the purpose of holding the Village’s regular monthly meeting.
An agenda for the meeting will be made available to the public on the Village Website.
All residents wishing to attend via Zoom can visit www.hewlettharbor.gov for instructions. Residents wishing to speak via Zoom or in person must notify the Village Clerk in advance.
Dated: Hewlett Harbor, New York
August 23, 2024
BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE VILLAGE OF HEWLETT HARBOR NICOLE GIACOPELLI
VILLAGE CLERK 148696
BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES
NICOLE GIACOPELLI, VILLAGE CLERK HEWLETT HARBOR, NEW YORK
DATED: 148694
LEGAL NOTICE
Village of Lawrence
LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the Board of Trustees of the Incorporated Village of Hewlett Harbor will hold a Public Hearing to consider the addition of Section 138 to the Hewlett Harbor Village Code which will create a Village Justice Court; and under SEQRA Regulations, to determine whether the proposed would constitute a significant negative impact on the environment; said Public Hearing will be held at 7:00 PM September 12, 2024 at the Village Hall, 449 Pepperidge Road, Hewlett Harbor, New York.
All interested persons will be heard during the Public Hearing at the time and place aforementioned.
Legal Notice NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Board of Appeals of the Incorporated Village of Lawrence will hold a work session beginning at 6:45 P.M. followed by a public meeting on September 18, 2024 at the Lawrence Village Hall 196 Central Ave Lawrence, New York 11559 beginning at 7:30 P.M. to conduct the following Public Hearings and to attend to such other matters as may properly come before the Board: “64 Muriel Ave, Borenstein- Section 212-15.D (1) of the Village Code states, in a Residence District BB, the minimum side yard setback is 15 ft. Section 212-15.D (1) of the Village Code states, in a Residence District BB, the minimum aggregate yard setback is 35 ft. Section 212-15.D(2)(c) of the Village Code states the maximum side yard height/setback ratio in Residence District BB is 1.5. Section 212-39.C of the Village Code states the maximum exterior wall height from the base plane to the underside of the eave is 23 ft. Section 212-55.A of the Code of the Village of Lawrence states, no recreational structure shall be constructed less than 20 ft from any side or rear property line. Section 212-48.B of the Village Code states, the minimum rear yard setback for a pool is 20 ft. “8 Muriel Ave, FishmanSection 212-16.D (1) of the Village Code states, in a Residence District B the minimum side yard setback is 15 ft. Section 212-16.D (1) of the Village Code states, in a Residence District B the minimum side yard setback is 15 ft. Section 212-16.D (1) of the Village Code states, in a Residence District B the minimum aggregate yard setback is 30 ft. Section 212-16.D (2) (a) of the Village Code states, in a Residence District B the maximum side yard height setback ratio is 1.5. Section 212-16.D (2) (a) of the Village Code states, in a Residence District B the maximum side yard height setback ratio is 1.5. Section 212-16.D (2) (a) of the Village Code states, in a Residence District B the maximum rear yard height setback ratio is 0.74. Section 212-24.D of the Village Code states, in a Residence District B the minimum side yard setback for accessory structure is 8ft. Section 212-24.D of the Village Code states, in a
Residence District B the minimum rear yard setback for accessory structure is 8ft.Section 212-48 of the Village Code states, in a Residence District B the minimum side yard setback for pool is 15 ft. Section 212-48 of the Village Code states, the minimum rear yard setback for pool is 20 ft.
“25 Muriel Ave, Moskowitz - Section 212-48.C of the Village Code states, in a Residence District B the minimum side yard setback for a pool is 15 ft. Section 212-47 of the Village Code states, in a Residence District B the minimum side yard setback for pool equipment is 15 ft.
“4 Sealy Ct, SingerSection 212-12.1 of the Schedule of Dimensional Regulations states the maximum building coverage for a lot size of 9,786 sq. ft. in area is 2,737 sq. ft. Section 212-12.1 Schedule Dimensional Regulations states, the minimum side yard setback for a lot size of 9,786 sq. ft. is 15 ft. Section 212-12.1
Schedule Dimensional Regulations states, the minimum rear yard setback for a lot size of 9,786 sq. ft. is 30 ft. Section 212-12.1
Schedule Dimensional Regulations states, the maximum side yard height/setback ratio for a lot size of 9,786 sq. ft. is 1.5. Section 212-12.1
Schedule Dimensional Regulations states, the maximum rear yard height/setback ratio for a lot size of 9,786 sq. ft. is 0.74.
“270 Ocean Ave, Lifschutz - Section 212-24.D of the Code of the Village of Lawrence states accessory structures must be located in a side or rear yard. Section 212-55.A of the Code of the Village of Lawrence states no recreational structure shall be constructed in a front yard.
“84 Margaret Ave, Cohen - Section 212-12.1 of the Schedule of Dimensional Regulations states the maximum building coverage for a lot size of 10,999 sq. ft. in area is 2,895 sq. ft. Section 212-12.1 Schedule Dimensional Regulations states, the minimum side yard setback for a lot size of 10,999 sq. ft. is 15 ft.
Section 212-12.1
Schedule Dimensional Regulations states, the minimum aggregate side yard setback for a lot size of 10,999 sq. ft. is 30 ft.
Section 212-12.1
Schedule Dimensional Regulations states, the maximum side yard height/setback ratio for a lot size of 10,999 sq. ft. is 1.5.
“318 Central Avenue, Dekhkanov - Section 212-27B of the Village Code states that in the case of a place of public assembly, there shall be
at least one (1) parking space for each five (5) persons for which the building has occupancy or capacity. Required on-site parking spaces are fourteen (14). The order in which the listed applications are heard shall be determined the night of the meeting. The applications and accompanying exhibits are on file and may be inspected at the Village Office during normal business hours between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. If anyone needs special accommodations for a disability, such person should contact the Village Clerk at least 5 days before the hearing. All interested parties will have the opportunity to be heard
By Order of the Board of Appeals
Lloyd Keilson
Chairman
Dated: August 27, 2024 148808
LEGAL NOTICE
INCORPORATED VILLAGE OF LAWRENCE
NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that there will be a Regular Meeting of the Mayor and Board of Trustees of the Incorporated Village of Lawrence, at Lawrence Village Hall, 196 Central Avenue, Lawrence, New York 11559, on the 12th day of September 2024, at 8:00 PM, Eastern Standard Time.
PLEASE TAKE FURTHER
NOTICE that all interested parties will be given an opportunity to be heard on all meeting matters at the place and time aforesaid. If anyone needs special accommodations for a disability, such person should contact the Village Clerk at least 5 days before the meeting.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant to the requirements of the Open Meetings Law of the State of New York, that the Board of Trustees of the Village of Lawrence will convene in public meeting at the place and time aforesaid for the purpose of conducting a regular meeting where general business will be conducted.
Dated: August 28, 2024
By Order of the Board of Trustees
Village of Lawrence, NY
Gerry Castro Village Administrator 148809
LEGAL NOTICE
Village of Lawrence
Legal Notice
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Board of Building Design of the Incorporated Village of Lawrence will hold a work session beginning at 6:30 P.M. followed by a public meeting on September 16th, 2024 at the Lawrence Village Hall 196 Central Ave Lawrence, New York 11559 beginning at 7:00 P.M. to conduct the
following Public Hearings and to attend to such other matters as may properly come before the Board:
“Ski Developement-42
Lord Avenue- Proposed New House Design & Curb Cut.
“Zarifpour-359 Central Avenue- Proposed New Fence.
“Yin-276 Narragansett Avenue- Proposed New House Design.. The order in which the listed applications are heard shall be determined the night of the meeting. The applications and accompanying exhibits are on file and may be inspected at the Village Office during normal business hours between 8:00a.m. and 4:00p.m. If anyone needs special accommodations for a disability, such person should contact the Village Clerk at least 5 days before the hearing. All interested parties will have the opportunity to be heard By Order of the Board of Building Design Barry Pomerantz Chairman Dated: August 26, 2024 148810
LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that pursuant to Article 9 of the New York State Constitution, the provisions of the Town Law and Municipal Home Rule of the State of New York, both as amended, a public hearing will be held in the Town Meeting Pavilion, Hempstead Town Hall, 1 Washington Street, Hempstead, New York, on the 17th day of September, 2024, at 10:30 o’clock in the forenoon of that day to consider the enactment of a local law to amend Chapter 202 of the code of the Town of Hempstead to INCLUDE “REGULATIONS AND RESTRICTIONS” to limit parking at the following locations: (NR) ATLANTIC BEACH CLAYTON AVENUE (TH 369/24)East SideSection 202-9 NO PARKING JUNE 10 TO SEPTEMBER 10 - starting at a point 10 feet south of he south curbline of Beech Street, then south for a distance of 62 feet.
CLAYTON AVENUE (TH 369/24) East Side- NO PARKING JUNE 10 TO SEPTEMBER 10 -starting at a point 90 feet south of the south curbline of Beech Street, then south to its termination.
EAST MEADO
BELLMORE AVENUE (TH 357/24)West SideSection 202-24 TWO HOUR PARKING 9AM TO 7PM EXCEPT SUNDAYSstarting at a point 354 feet north of the north curbline of Haddon Lane, then north for a distance of 58 feet.
OCEANSIDE
FOXDALE AVENUE (TH 368/24) West Side -
Section 202-13 NO PARKING 7AM TO 2PM EXCEPT SATURDAYS, SUNDAYS AND HOLIDAYS - starting at a point 136 feet south of the south curbline of Bedell Street, south for a distance of 45 feet.
HAMPTON ROAD (TH 389/24) East SideNO PARKING BETWEEN 10PM TO 6AM - starting at a point 215 feet south of the south curbline of Daly Boulevard, south for a distance of 733 feet.
(NR) VALLEY STREAM MILL ROAD (TH 353/24) West SideSection 202-18 NO PARKING 9AM TO 9PMstarting at a point 201 feet north of the north curbline of Cluett Road, then north for a distance of 60 feet.
WEST HEMPSTEAD OAK STREET (TH 324/24) South SideSection 202-20 NO PARKING 9AM TO 9PMstarting at the east curbline of Morton Avenue, east for a distance of 193 feet. ALSO, to REPEAL from Chapter 202 “REGULATIONS AND RESTRICTIONS” to limit parking from the following locations: (NR) ATLANTIC BEACH CLAYTON AVENUE (TH 23/77) East SideSection 202-9 NO
PARKING JUNE 15 TO SEPTEMBER 10 -starting from the south curbline of Beech Street, south to its termination.
(Adopted 5/24/77)
WEST HEMPSTEAD
OAK STREET (TH 561/91) South SideSection 202-20 NO
PARKING 9AM TO 9PM EXCEPT SUNDAYSstarting at the east curbline of Morton Avenue, east for a distance of 227 feet.
(Adopted 9/14/93) ALL PERSONS INTERESTED shall have an opportunity to be heard on said proposal at the time and place aforesaid.
Dated: September 4, 2024 Hempstead, New York BY ORDER OF THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD
DONALD X. CLAVIN, JR. Supervisor KATE MURRAY Town Clerk 148723
LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that pursuant to Section 202-48 of the Code of the Town of Hempstead entitled, “Handicapped Parking on Public Streets,” a public hearing will be held in the Town Meeting Pavilion. Hempstead Town Hall, 1 Washington Street, Hempstead, New York, on the 17th day of September, 2024, at 10:30 o’clock in the forenoon of that day, to consider the adoption of a resolution setting aside certain parking spaces for motor vehicles for the sole use of holders of
special parking permits issued by the County of Nassau to physically handicapped persons at the following locations:
(NR) ATLANTIC BEACH CLAYTON AVENUE - east side, starting at a point 72 feet south of the south curbline of Beech Street, south for a distance of 18 feet.
(TH-369/24)
ELMONT
CROYDON DRIVE - south side, starting at a point 20 feet east of a point opposite the east curbline of Abbey Court, east for a distance of 20 feet.
(TH-373/24)
116th STREET - south side, starting at a point 195 feet west of the west curbline of 240th Street, west for a distance of 20 feet.
(TH-374/24)
BEDFORD AVENUEsouth side, starting at a point 168 feet east of the east curbline of Covert Avenue, east for a distance of 18 feet.
(TH-361/24)
EVANS AVENUE - west side, starting at a point 113 feet north of the north curbline of Union Avenue, north for a distance of 20 feet.
(TH-360/24)
FRANKLIN SQUARE
JAMES STREET - east side, starting at a point 200 feet north of the north curbline of Benris Avenue, north for a distance of 15 feet.
(TH-396/24)
UNIONDALE
PARK AVENUE - south side, starting at a point 377 feet west of the west curbline of Cornwell Avenue, west for a distance of 20 feet.
(TH-395/24)
PEMBROKE STREETnorth side, starting at a point 413 feet east of the east curbline of Arcadia Avenue, east for A distance of 20 feet.
(TH-391/24)
CAMPUS STREET - east side, starting at a point 142 feet north of the north curbline of Northern Parkway, north for a distance of 20 feet.
(TH-366/24)
LOCUST AVENUE - east side, starting at a point 40 feet north of the north curbline of Oakley Street, north for a distance of 20 feet.
(TH-349/24)
GREENGROVE AVENUEeast side, starting at a point 132 feet north of the north curbline of Hempstead Boulevard, north for a distance of 20 feet.
(TH-372/24)
WEST HEMPSTEAD
OAK STREET - south side, starting at a point 207 feet east of the east curbline of Morton Avenue, east for a distance of 20 feet.
(TH-324/24)
ALL PERSONS INTERESTED shall have an opportunity to be heard on said proposal at the time and place aforesaid.
Dated: September 4, 2024 Hempstead, New York BY ORDER OF
By Ed Weintrob Special to the Herald
Barry Zisholtz was a urological surgeon, not a politician. But when the Cedarhurst native found himself in a Georgia district whose state representative was silent on Hamas terror and the concurrent wave of antisemitism, he recalled Hillel’s urging in “Ethics of the Fathers,” a foundational Jewish text, that “in a place where there are no men, strive to be a man.”
That’s how “Dr. Z” finds himself running as a long shot candidate for the Georgia House, a sold-red Orthodox Jewish Republican in the bluest of districts where most people are Black or immigrants. And it’s Atlanta Braves country to boot!
“There hasn’t been a Republican in the state house in DeKalb County in 30 years, so my chances going into this were not good,” Zisholtz said. His opponent, Imani Barnes, carried the district with nearly 90 percent of the vote two years ago.
For most of the voters he’s encountered, Israel and the Gaza war are not top of mind.
“They’re concerned about the price of a quart of orange juice or milk, or their medicines, and their property taxes going up, and the potholes, and all the people carrying guns, the crime,” Zisholtz said.
He said that abortion rights — one of the foremost issues dividing Democratic and Republican candidates — rarely
Campaigning for a state House seat, Barry Zisholtz speaks with a voter during the Purim parade in Tucker, Georgia.
comes up, but when it does, he says that “abortion may not be for me, but it’s a big country and each state has its own rules.”
What he’s more often confronted with is his support of former President Donald Trump. He responds that he’s running for a local state House seat, but when pushed will concede that he supports Trump “because my people are at risk,” Zisholtz said.
“When I see a Democrat and they say, ‘Well, you’re a Republican, you can go home.’ I say, ‘but you’re going to vote for somebody who says Hamas is not a terror and who voted against the antisemitism bill, and they would slam the
door and they don’t really care about that,” Zisholtz said.
Zisholtz spent his formative years in the Five Towns, moving from Flushing when he was about 8 years old and attending the Hillel School on Washington Avenue (now HAFTR). He is still connected — his mother, 91, lives in the same house on Oxford Road where he and his three siblings were raised. One of his brothers still lives in Cedarhurst. When he remarried five years ago, it was to Mindy Rosenman Mitzner, who was from Far Rockaway before moving to Houston. (Zisholtz’s first wife, to whom he was married for 34 years and
had four children, died in 2017).
Zisholtz recalled that Mindy’s father was a chazen in the Five Towns-Far Rockaway community and also a commercial printer who did his Bar Mitzvah invitations.
Mindy is a first cousin of Shalom Maidenbaum, a prominent member of the community and founder of the Maidenbaum Property Tax Reduction Group. Her mother was “Morah Marion” who was a teacher and also worked in Shalom’s office.
Zisholtz met Shalom at Hillel, where they were “best buddies” throughout high school, then they started together at the University of Michigan.
“We learned that we needed to take care of our community, our family and our friends,” he said of his time in the Five Towns. “We frequently went on school buses during the ’70s to protest for the release of the Soviet Jews.”
Zisholtz recently retired after 36 years as a urological surgeon, working mostly in Riverdale and East Point, Georgia.
Because of his medical work in the Black community, including performing indigent surgeries for free, he told The Jewish Star that he’s comfortable campaigning there, and with his team has knocked on 7,500 doors.
“I know it’s an uphill battle, to unify and educate some of the communities about the Jewish community, and that’s what I’ve been doing,” Zisholtz said.
Zisholts campaign website is VoteDRZ. com.
MG Craft Kitchen will reopen its doors, following a legal battle with Lawrence village.
On Aug. 6, the village sent residents an email, stating that MG Craft Kitchen lacked the necessary insurance declarations and endorsements and submitted insufficient documents, after notice from the village, forcing the village to
shutter the business, Gerry Castro, village administrator wrote.
At the village meeting nine days later, several residents showed up in support of reopening MG Craft Kitchen, holding signs with the company’s logo and pleading with village officials.
MG Craft Kitchen filed a complaint against Lawrence in the Eastern District
BOARD OF THE TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD
DONALD X. CLAVIN, JR. Supervisor
KATE MURRAY Town Clerk 148726
LEGAL NOTICE
SUPREME COURTCOUNTY OF NASSAU
RBS CITIZENS, NA F/K/A CHARTER ONE BANK, Plaintiff -against- LAVERN BECKFORD AND NEVILLE
LEWIS, et al Defendant(s).
Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered herein and dated September 26, 2018, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at (CCP) Calendar Control Part Court Room of the Nassau Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Dr., Mineola, NY on October
9, 2024 at 3:00 p.m. premises situate, lying and being at Valley Stream, Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau and State of New York, bounded and described as follows:
BEGINNING at a point on the Southerly side of Cedarhurst Street, distant 537.35 feet Westerly and Southwesterly as measured along the southerly and Southeasterly side of Duston Road from the extreme Westerly end of the arc of a curve which connects the Southerly side of Duston Road with the Westerly side of Oakleigh Road; being a plot 129.43 feet by 10.89 feet by 121.28 feet by 112.71 feet by 37.82 feet. Section: 39 Block: 549
Lot: 41. All bidders must wear a face mask/shield at all times and social distancing must be observed by all bidders at all times. Bidders who do not comply with the face mask and/or the social distancing mandate will be removed from the auction. Said premises known as 1069 DUSTON ROAD, NORTH WOODMERE, NY 11581
of New York, on Aug. 22, stating that the village breached contractual obligations and violated owner of MG Craft Kitchen Moshe Glenn’s constitutional rights.
As of Aug. 30, the village and MG Craft have come to an agreement, allowing the business, which serves Kosher food and beverages on the site of the Lawrence Yacht & County Club, to reopen its doors, Samuel Nahmias, Lawrence village mayor, wrote in an email.
“We look forward to a successful working relationship with MG Craft
Kitchen and the proprietor Moshe Glenn,” Nahmias wrote.
David Berg, a lawyer who represents MG Craft Kitchen and Moshe Glenn in the legal case, said that they are pleased with the settlement.
“We are happy that our client MG Craft Kitchen will once again be open to the public to offer great food and service and are confident that it will continue to do so for the duration of its license,” Berg wrote in an email.
— Parker Schug
RALPH MADALENA, ESQ., Referee
David A. Gallo & Associates LLP Attorney(s) for Plaintiff 47 Hillside Avenue, 2nd Floor, Manhasset, NY 11030 File# 5025.2735 {* NASSAU HER, NEWSDAY NA*} 148758
Approximate amount of lien $717,014.19 plus interest & costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment and Terms of Sale. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee’s attorney. Index Number 011136/2014.
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Q. We live in an area that was flooded, and have a few items to take care of before we sell. My husband put in a deck when we first moved in, around 1982. It has been there so long, but the real estate people told us it still needs a permit. It’s only 24 inches off the ground. They also mentioned that it’s too close to our back property line, but we’re next to a waterway and have no neighbors behind us. Is that still the same problem? Our fences are new and so are the front steps, which we rebuilt to add planters and a bench. What can you tell us about what we should do before we sell?
A. Take a lovely vacation and relax, enjoy yourself and then prepare for a lot of minutia that will likely delay your ability to sell, unless you negotiate the price down for a buyer who can persuade a lender that they will take over the list of items you mentioned. In situations like this, there are many peripheral issues.
For example, the waterway may be either a local or state jurisdiction that limits how close you can build to a “protected” environment. As if that’s not enough, your municipality is one of the few that has many outstanding requirements that it claims it notified every homeowner about right after Hurricane Sandy. Prepare for the ambush of having to get a “proof of loss statement from the National Flood Insurance Program.”
I have heard time and time again, “Oh, we had no damage,” which is great, since the national clearinghouse that compiles records about every property will prove that. If it turns out that there was a large payout from private insurance or public funding, the NFIP letter will show that more is needed, including recent building plans, a possible plumbing permit, electrical inspection and documents to close out a repair permit — yes, even from over a decade ago.
When I arrive at a home and have to go into detail about how many requirements there are and how strict they’ve become, I always think of our custodian in elementary school. His name was Gus, and I remember his large, round face and how disgusted he was when he was called to a classroom where a child had thrown up lunch from the cafeteria. I identify with Gus, because mopping up these not-so-simple messes, the ones that someone told you were simple, is getting more complicated the longer people wait.
This doesn’t seem to be the case in every jurisdiction, mostly the largest ones. Many decks built long ago don’t meet recent code standards, and there’s no such thing as “grandfathered.” The hours spent explaining these things, and then reexplaining them when a handyperson doesn’t install the correct connectors or takes a shortcut with a required footing support, add up to more cost and animosity. Good luck!
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Amajor societal shift always brings questions. The shift we are making to renewable energy is on a scale rarely seen in history, and questions are welcome and a part of the process of understanding. What are renewable energies? Why is the energy industry trending toward these energy forms? What are the options for Long Island when it comes to renewable energy? What are the risks? What are the benefits?
It is clear that there needs to be more information and education about the industry.
Renewable energy is the energy derived from natural sources that are replenished on a human time scale — sunlight, wind, rain, tides, waves, water currents and geothermal heat. They are abundant, and produce little or no emissions. The sources that have been harnessed so far by humans are solar, hydropower, geothermal, and wind, and Long Island has a unique opportunity, because of its location, to harness offshore wind.
Why do we need renewable energy?
Climate change is no longer deniable, and Long Island is affected by sea level rise, flooding, stronger storms and more rain. The number one reason: fossil fuels. The largest contributor to the thickening of our atmosphere, trapping carbon dioxide, is the burning of oil, gas and coal. The fastest way to stop climate change is to stop using fossil fuels. An easy answer — not really, which is why I’m writing this — is transitioning to renewable energy to power our lives.
Long Island sits just north of a continental shelf called the New York
We have a unique opportunity, because of our location, to harness its power.
Bight, with shallow seas, strong winds and a large, dense population close to the coastline. The shallow water allows for structures to be built without the complications and expense of deep diving to build them. The strong winds help turbines turn consistently, producing energy needed to power homes, charge electric vehicles and operate businesses. And with a dense population close to the coast, energy can be delivered over a shorter distance without much loss of power, and at lower costs.
You may ask, why offshore wind? Why not solar or onshore wind? Solar
power is being generated on Long Island, but not on the scale that we need to power the number of homes here. According to the Census Bureau, Long Island has just under 8.5 million housing units. That is where offshore wind comes in to meet our energy needs. There is growth in solar power through ground mounts, or on existing structures that don’t require open space, but it still doesn’t have the capacity to generate the power we need. And onshore wind requires large plots of land, which are few and far between in downstate New York.
Renewable energy is the only way for our future. We are seeing more cases of asthma, warming of the oceans, rising sea levels, stronger seasonal storms, and economic volatility due to the excessive use of fossil fuels to produce power. Moving to renewable energy will clear air pollution and slow the warming of the oceans, protecting ocean life, and slow the rising sea levels that threaten coastal communities. In turn, cooler water bodies will decrease the frequency of seasonal storms that flood our streets and erode our beaches.
Offshore wind provides a stable and
reliable energy source without the volatility of rising fuel prices. It also creates thousands of good-paying jobs to build, maintain and operate its facilities. Beyond those working in the industry, utility stability is how offshore wind will benefit all of Long Island.
Most of the Island’s population now relies on fossil fuel generation to power their homes, workplaces, community centers and infrastructure. This means that electricity bills fluctuate with global geo-political events, because we are buying the fuel to run the power plants connected to our electric grid, mostly from other countries. With offshore wind, there is no need to buy “fuel.” The fuel is infinite, and not a commodity that’s for sale. The wind blows no matter what. This means that the costs of delivering electricity are fixed.
I want to see the renewable energy that we need come to Long Island. I want to ensure that we are delivering safe, reliable, responsible and clean energy to residents. Not only is this a critically needed change, but it will also improve our communities by stopping rising costs, and creating an economic engine with the added benefits of clean air, clean waters and fixed utility costs.
Melissa Parrott is the deputy executive director of Renewable Energy Long Island.
I’ve been in the local news business a long time. Not long enough to remember the first handwritten newspaper, distributed in Venice in 1566, or the first printed news sheets, published in Germany in 1605, but I go back.
I can recall cutting and pasting printed stories on boards, each one a page of the paper. If the story didn’t fit, you just cut a paragraph or two from the bottom.
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Thus the importance of the first sentence or two, known as the lede, and the first three paragraphs, which basically told the story. We used typewriters and yellow paper to write, which my editor would periodically rip up, declaring, “You have no right to desecrate the language of Shakespeare.” She was a stickler. We had no computers — until the morning we came in to work and found that our Smith Coronas had been replaced by Kaypros.
I was hired away from the late South Shore Record, owned by the indomitable Florence Schwartzberg, by Leatrice Spa-
nierman, a brilliant editor and a natural newspaperwoman. Leatrice, who recently celebrated a fabulous birthday, was socially, intellectually and emotionally intertwined with the Herald brand. We turned out big local papers in those days at our Lawrence headquarters.
Our team wrote 10 to 20 local stories every week, and our motto was, “Everything that happens anywhere in the world has a Five Towns angle.” And it was true. If a ship hit an iceberg in Antarctica, for sure there was someone who knew someone on board.
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many American towns and cities have lost newspapers in recent years.
Local lowlifes freaked out more if they landed in the Nassau Herald police blotter than if their mug shot had appeared in The New York Times, because their kids might see the paper. We journalists lived and worked in town. Our reporters went to all the village and school board meetings. We covered football games and charity balls. Everything was copy.
This is all to say that local newspapers are essential to a functioning democracy, and I am grateful to have enjoyed this golden age of local journalism. This is also to say that across the country, small papers are closing. As reported on CBS News recently, “Accord-
ing to an Associated Press analysis of data compiled by the University of North Carolina, more than 1,400 towns and cities in the U.S. have lost a newspaper over the past 15 years. The loss of a reliable local news source has many consequences for the community. One of them is the inability to watchdog the actions of government agencies and elected officials.”
This is also to say, stay true. Subscribe to and read and advertise in our papers. We need to mind what’s going on in our schools, and to do that we need reporters to monitor the board meetings, and to do that we need to pay them.
The local paper covers everything from potholes to parades. If you want the scoop on former Congressman George Santos, read about it in the Herald. Are you concerned about County Executive Bruce Blakeman’s idea for a kind of armed militia to prepare for emergencies? The ongoing debate over a casino license for the county? These stories need to be covered in our local newspapers, and we need the staff and the readership to support our efforts.
The dailies look at news through a wide-angle lens; our focus is more intense.
The North Shore Coalition Against Substance Abuse’s annual golf outing was in one of our papers last week, and I saw a story out of Freeport about Petros Mestheneas, who was named Firefighter of the Year. And to prove my point about there being a local angle to every story in the world, Boston’s new archbishop is a Valley stream native and a former auxiliary bishop of Rockville Center.
In the Nassau Herald, Melissa Berman wrote the quintessential local news story about a 100-year-old oak tree that was cut down to build a parking lot. It’s a terrific local story, with ties to larger issues of overdevelopment and housing needs vs. parking needs.
In recent Heralds there was coverage of the county’s Jimmy Buffett tribute at Eisenhower Park, the clam-eating contest in Island Park and the Chabad Hebrew School of Merrick, Bellmore and Wantagh accepting enrollments for the new school year. There were obituaries of Ana Mercedes Hernandez, Joseph C. Smetana, Robert “Bob” Heggy and Joyce Marino Corso.
The obituaries are the guiding light of local newspapers, reflecting the past of the community and its people, reminding us of the special ties that bind friends and neighbors together.
Copyright 2024 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.
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“school’s Open — Drive Carefully” has been the annual refrain in a back-to-school safety-awareness campaign that is now nearly 80 years old. But it’s worth repeating every September.
Driving carefully in and around school zones is crucial in the effort to ensure the safety of children, parents and school staff. School zones are areas in which there are likely to be children crossing streets, walking along sidewalks, riding bikes and meandering as only kids do. They are less aware of traffic dangers, and their presence necessitates heightened caution from drivers.
A study by Safe Kids Worldwide found that 25,000 children are injured every year in school zone accidents nationwide. The Transportation Research Board found that vehicles near schools account for 43 percent of all pedestrian accidents involving children ages 5 to 9.
And it’s no surprise that speeding is a significant factor in school-zone accidents. The risk of a pedestrian fatality increases dramatically with vehicle
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speed. The American Automobile Association Foundation for Traffic Safety reports that someone on foot who is struck by a vehicle traveling 25 mph has a 25 percent chance of sustaining serious injury or dying, but that risk increases to 50 percent if the vehicle is traveling just 10 mph faster. School zones commonly have speed limits of 20 mph or less, so adhering to those limits is vital to minimize those risks.
Distracted driving is another major concern near schools. A study by the National Safety Council found that distracted drivers cause one in every four car crashes nationwide. In school zones, texting or talking on a phone or fiddling with dashboard technology can have catastrophic consequences for a child who may suddenly dart into the street or cross without warning.
School zones are most congested during drop-off and pick-up times. According to the National Center for Safe Routes to School, parents driving their children to school account for 25 percent of morning traffic. The volume increases the likelihood of accidents, particu-
In his recent column, “The real war on women in New York,” Assemblyman Brian Curran suggests that “the fate of women’s reproductive health” in New York will not be affected whether or not Prop 1, the New York Equal Rights Amendment, passes in November. Simply put, this is not true, and echoes the same reassurances we heard right before Roe v. Wade was overturned.
Prop 1 is in fact our crucial opportunity to ensure that the fate of reproductive health care is secure in New York. It’s an opportunity we cannot let go to waste.
Prop 1 will guarantee access to reproductive health care — including abortion, birth control, and in vitro fertilization — in the New York Constitution so it is permanently shielded from government interference.
Before Roe v. Wade was overturned, many of us took for granted that our reproductive freedom would always be protected. Since then, reproductive health care like abortion, contraception, and IVF has been under attack across the country. While New Yorkers may assume that we are insulated from these battles, the reality is that the state law covering our reproductive rights can be repealed or changed based on who is in the State Legislature or the governor’s mansion. That’s why we need to pass Prop 1: to cement our reproductive rights in the State Constitution so they can’t be rolled back by politicians down the line.
Further, Prop 1 will close loopholes in the Constitution that could allow government discrimination
larly when drivers are in a rush. Along with potential injuries, there are legal consequences for school-zone scofflaws, starting with hefty fines for speeding in those zones, often doubled or tripled during school hours. And here on Long Island, red-light cameras have been installed at busy intersections near schools, and more buses are being equipped with cameras to catch one of the most potentially dangerous vehicular infractions of all, passing a stopped bus with its red lights flashing — in either direction.
Whether you’ve seen “Schools Open — Drive Carefully” for dozens of years or are a new driver, common sense dictates that following that single instruction is key to helping ensure that children arrive at school safely and return home safely each day, along with the administrators, teachers and other staff to whom we entrust them. Do your part by slowing down and keeping your eyes on the street and the crosswalks — in other words, giving school zones your undivided attention when you’re at the wheel.
against people based on their age, disability, ethnicity, whether they are pregnant, or whether they’re LGBT — because those in power shouldn’t be able to take advantage of any New Yorker, especially the most vulnerable among us.
All New Yorkers deserve the freedom to control our own bodies, lives and futures. Prop 1 puts the power to stand up for these freedoms in the voters’ hands.
SAShA AhujA Campaign director, New Yorkers for Equal Rights
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Every time someone writes a column against fossil fuels, such as Lauren Krueger’s “To beat the heat on Long Island, we must fight fossil fuels,” I cannot believe what I’m reading. It’s total nonsense! Nothing that the united States does will impact climate change, global warming or whatever else you want to
Imagine a law introduced to fight hate and bigotry — yet it is so flawed that it inadvertently shields those very perpetrators from justice.
That’s precisely what happened on Aug. 5, when the Nassau County Legislature’s Republican majority pushed through its so-called Mask Transparency Act — a law that, despite its intentions, opens the door to unintended consequences. At first glance, the measure appears to be a strong stance against antisemitism, aimed at unmasking those who would hide behind disguises to commit hateful acts. As a Jewish parent, I understand the appeal of such a measure. But as a former prosecutor, I can’t ignore the fact that this law is not only unconstitutional, but also dangerously impractical.
In this instance, the devil is in the details — or rather, in the lack of them. The legislation is rife with ambiguities that could turn ordinary citizens into targets of unjust prosecution, while allowing actual criminals to walk free.
The members of the Democratic minority recognized these flaws early on, and proposed a more narrowly tailored bill focused specifically on punishing those who use masks to evade responsibility for criminal acts. The Democratic bill was not only clearer, but would have provided a more effective deterrent against those who commit crimes under the guise of anonymity. My colleagues and I also sought to work with the Republicans on a bipartisan solution that could have been both effective and constitutionally sound. Unfortunately, Republicans rebuffed these efforts, pushing through their version of the law without considering the potential consequences. Let me paint you a picture of how this could play out in real life. Imagine a man named Joe Schmoe who harbors deep-seated antisemitic views. He attends an anti-Israel protest outside Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, where he adds his voice to hateful and aggressive chants. The police maintain order throughout the event, but as it winds down, officers notice Schmoe throwing an empty beer bottle into the street. No one is injured, and no property is damaged, but Schmoe is wearing a
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The officers, following the new law, ask Schmoe to remove his mask. He refuses. Asked why he’s wearing it, he remains silent. Left with little choice, the police arrest him — not for throwing the bottle, but for violating the Mask Transparency Act.
ow do we prevent a guy with true hate in his heart from being acquitted?
Here’s where things get tricky. Schmoe is processed and eventually ends up in court, where he is provided a public defender, because he can’t afford his own attorney. His case lingers in the justice system for nearly two years due to backlogs. When the case finally goes to trial, the prosecution — funded by taxpayers — is tasked with proving that Schmoe wore the mask with criminal intent.
But his defense is simple: He claims he wore the mask because he wasn’t feeling well, and feared contracting Covid-19. How can the prosecution definitively disprove this claim? The jury, bound to follow the law as written, might very well have no choice but to acquit him. And just like that, the Mask Transparency Act becomes the perfect tool for committing what I call the “perfect crime.”
This is more than a hypothetical sce-
call it, and “beat the heat on Long Island.” Nothing!
According to Google, as of November 2023, the top five countries, by percentage of carbon emissions, were: China, 30.9 percent; the U.S., 13.5 percent; India, 7.9 percent; Russia, 4.7 percent; and Japan, 2.9 percent. China and India are responsible for almost three times the carbon emissions of the U.S. In addition, China continues to put new coal-fired electric generating plants online. China is laughing at us!
China gets nearly 60 percent of its electricity from coal, the U.S., 16 percent. If the U.S. gets rid of fossil fuels for our cars and electrical generation facilities, it will have a very limited effect, or no effect, on beating the heat on Long Island. All it will do is drain our wallets and pocketbooks, and make some people feel good. “Look at me! I’m saving the environment!”
RoBeRT KRALICK Glen Head
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Nothing raises this veteran’s ire
more than candidates who demean veterans, and by extension, those on active duty. on Aug. 8, the Republican vice presidential nominee, J.D. Vance, accused Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Walz — with little evidence — of “stolen valor,” saying he lied about seeing combat “in war.” Then Vance drew a comparison between his four years of service, during which he was a combat correspondent in the Marine Corps, and Walz’s 24 years of service, during which he achieved the highest enlisted rank in the Army National Guard. Neither Walz nor Vance has seen, as Vance says, “any real fighting.” In either case, their choice to serve was commendable and should not be a topic of criticism. The underlying issue is the one that deserves every patriot’s attention: the disdain for those in uniform by the draft dodger at Mar-A-Lago. There is well-cited evidence of former President Donald Trump demeaning veterans, including remarks made about the sacred grounds of U.S. military cemeteries in Normandy, France, and Arlington, Virginia. He categorizes us as suckers and losers. He is the last person this apolitical veteran would choose to be commander in chief of our
nario; it’s a real possibility under this poorly crafted law. The resources spent on prosecuting someone like Schmoe, who walks away unscathed in the end, could have been better used to target those who seek to harm others.
The sad irony here is that the Mask Transparency Act was meant to protect communities from hate and violence, but instead it creates legal loopholes that make it harder to hold the guilty accountable. The law’s vague language and broad scope mean that it can be easily manipulated, turning a well-meaning but seriously flawed piece of legislation into a shield for those it was meant to expose.
Nassau County needs to pass laws that are both constitutionally sound and effective in practice, and the Mask Transparency Act fails on both counts. Instead of deterring hate, it risks emboldening those who seek to evade justice by exploiting the very law designed to stop them. We deserve better — and we deserve laws that are precise, enforceable and, above all, just.
The fight against hate is too important to be left to legislation that does more harm than good. It’s time for our leaders to go back to the drawing board and craft solutions that truly protect our communities.
Seth I. Koslow represents Nassau County’s 5th Legislative District.
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who served in Vietnam and on six ships, two of which he commanded. He was also a professor of national security affairs at the Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island.
